Η ραδιενέργεια στο θαλάσσιο οικοσύστημα - πυρηνικά ατυχήματα - θαλάσσιες περιβαλλοντικές και οικονομικές συνέπειες. Case study: Fukushima Dai-Ichi accident
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Θάλασσα -- Μόλυνση ; Προστασία του θαλάσσιου περιβάλλοντος ; Πυρηνική ενέργεια -- Ατυχήματα ; Radioactive pollution of soils -- Japan ; Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan, 2011Abstract
The sea is where deposition of waste derived from human activities takes place. Despite its dilution capability, damage and destruction to local ecosystems have been observed because of marine pollution due to several factors. One of these factors is nuclear accidents which have catastrophic consequences both in the short and long term. This happens because of the long half-life of certain radioisotopes and their bioaccumulation in organisms that cause mutation and death. The nuclear accident of Fukushima (March 2011) has caused significant marine ecological destruction in the vicinity of the power plants and the consequences will be long-lasting. Two years after the accident, and even in regions that are not near the power plants, new abnormalities in the marine ecosystem are continuously being observed.